Mark Tobey Art

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Art Brokerage has several originals by Mark Tobey. Mark Tobey was born in Centerville, Wisconsin in 1890. As a young man he went to Chicago and worked as an illustrator by day, attending the Chicago Art Institute by night. In 1911, he moved to New York's Greenwich Village and took up portrait painting. From 1931 to 1938, while artist-in-residence at Dartington Hall, a progressive school in England, Tobey met such intellectual leaders as Aldous Huxley and Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian mystic. In 1934, he went to the Far East, first studying brush-painting in Shanghai and then going on to Japan. A month-long stay in a Zen Buddhist monastery, meditating and studying calligraphy, proved to be the turning point in his artistic thinking. Despite the fact that he disliked cities, it was the urban congestion of New York City that Tobey interpreted in his earliest white-writing compositions. Although many thought him isolated from the mainstream of American art, he was not, and in his later years his influence became more and more apparent. In 1960, he moved to Basel, Switzerland, living and painting there until his death in 1976.

Mark Tobey - Original Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, & Works on Paper Originals Slideshow

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Mark Tobey

"Self Portrait"


Works on Paper (not prints)
Pastel on Paper
1949
Hand Signed   Signed and dated in pencil lower right   Edition # Original  
Provenance & Extra Info Was obtained from the artist after a self-portrait class Tobey was teaching. This piece was Tobey's example to the class. The current owner asked Tobey if he could have it after class and Tobey agreed and quickly signed/dated the piece.  
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Asking Price: $6,300
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Drawing
Mark Tobey

"Untitled"


Drawing
Charcoal Portrait
Hand Signed   Lower left   Edition # Original  
Provenance & Extra Info Purchased from Gary Wallace Auctions in Ossipee, NH in 2000. Early charcoal portrait from NYC years (1911-1917) when employed at McCall's as a fashion illustrator.  
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Original Painting
Mark Tobey

"Untitled, from Market Series"



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Drawing
Mark Tobey

"Zoo Sketch #30"


Drawing
Ink on Paper
1950
Not Signed   Zoo sketches were generally not signed   Edition # Orginal  
Provenance & Extra Info Purchased from Foster/White Gallery in Seattle in the 1970s  
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Asking Price: $2,700 OBO
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Mark Tobey - Limited Edition Signed and Numbered Prints Prints Slideshow

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"Autumn Leaf"



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"Awakening Dawn"



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"Confusion"



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"Crowded City"



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"Forms in Progress"



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"Morning Grass"



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"Psaltery, First Form"



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"Psaltery, Second Form"



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"Psaltry, Second Form"



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"Stained Glass"


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